The Times said it, so it must be true (although I don't think the BBC covered it).
The World Crazy Golf Championships took place in Hastings this past weekend. £1,250 for the winner.
What?
This coming weekend the World Adventure Golf Masters will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden. Our favourite seaside family activity has been professionalised and monetised. Shocking. I remember a couple of years ago in Australia my grandsons playing terrifyingly well against me in Newcastle's Junk Yard Golf Club, although they did have a penchant for wild swipes to hit the ball out of bounds (a reminder of my own golf playing days). Basically it's a lottery with casual swipers as likely to win as the (usually parental) serious win-seekers.
The article said "By contrast with European and US competition courses, where gimmicky pitfalls have largely been phased out, the British game retains a distinct craziness". Good to hear.
I checked the date. It wasn't April 1st.
Our friend Jamie Reeve has always wanted to enter the World Crazy Golf Champs. It has taken place in Sidcup as well, I believe. South East obviously has the right PGA-style weather.
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